Saturday, October 17, 2009

Wax Restoration!

Encaustic painting ... never have done it .... until today!

I have a friend who's mother, Mary, was a mentor and friend for most of my adult life. When Mary recently past away, the void was felt through out our community and an exhibit was put up of her work. Care was not taken and one of my favorite pieces was damaged. The encasutic (wax) painting had many surface scratches and three DEEP gouges.

I asked on Esty for some insight and almost immediately had the information I needed from Glenda. I thought I knew what to do but it was reassuring to talk with someone who had a working knowledge of what I was going to attempt.

It took a bit of patience and gentle attention but I think the family will be pleased with the work I was able to do.

And I think I could learn to like working with this medium ... maybe it was Mary looking over my shoulder that made the restoration go easily.

I've always wondered about encaustic---the closest I have came is using liberal melted beeswax in collage work, which really is another art form than the mediums. I love the warmth of it.the painting seems to stay true to colors....which is what caught me. Hmmmm.......(creak, grind...Anne's brain thinking....)

Manatee

Wall Mural

Complete!

Getting into the darks.

By adding a deeper value the images are starting to look three dimensional.

Staring the border.

I love altered edges and the rug will be the perfect place for the " Lazy S" I teach to all my students.

Anothers day's work....

can you see the difference?

Second Day

All four sides have the base coat painted.

Four corners ....

First step of many to follow.

Before ....

Homeownwer, Tom, prepared the floor!

Large Swags

were need to fill the area on the long side of the rug.

Small Swags

Original stencil works well on the small end of the rug.

Ribbons and bows

All the practice makes it look so easy!

A new stencil ....

to fit the size of the rug.

Black and White

This is my Black and White Mixed Media Collage.

For the Birds

Love is for everyone ... even these cozy love birds!

Bear Love

Big or small - we all love to get and get Valentine Hearts!

Valentine's Day Trio!

Getting Geared Up for Valentine's Day!

Be Mine!

Who can resist this cute little bear?

Happy Holidays to YOU!

Five more days till Christmas!!!!

Snowflakes!

Small Watercolor Snowflakes turn acrylic refridgerator magnets into works of art!

Paper Snowflakes!

Fun (and challenging) to cut, paint and be inspired by!

Dark blue ...

background for snowflake by Bobbie.

Red violet ....

background for snowflake by Deb.

My wreath!

This is the wreath I created for our front porch wall.

Close Up

The bow has little snowmen on it ... imagine that!

Abstract

There is something about this photo that inspires me to paint an abstract ,,, when I do, I will post it too.

Friends ...

helping each other make their snowmen!

Snowmen ...

the most favorite ornament class!

Teacup

with just a hint of gold ... warms the heart.

Poinsettia

This is the demonstration I did for my sudents today in the watercolor Workshop!

Deb ...

found a style that she was comfortable with.

Hilary ...

felt like it was a break through day.

Linda ...

came for the support and left with a great start.

Bobbie ...

good start ... but she was in the same car as Linda!

Poinsettia #1

This is the first of many poinsettias I hope to be painting in the near future!

Under the mistletoe!

Can you feel the love????

Happy Turkey Day ...

what ever your menu!

Cookies!

Chocolate times three!

Booth at the Bazaar

See anything you want????

Paper Stars !!!!

I love stars ....I will be offering a class to create a star ornament on December 3rd.

Paper Stars

This is the basic star that came from Green Post.

Workshop Painting

Inspiration

and fresh first wash!

Finshed

with many layers.

Some people like circles...

.... some like triangles!!!!

Shapes you like...

bring out the design you like.

Watercolor

brings out the best!

Different Image

Same Lesson

Paper Stars!

I have my studio set up to finish dressing them out!

Paper Stars

These and more like them will be on sale at the Bloomington Craft Show Nov 7th and in the Pear Tree!

Paper Stars!!!

So many ideas!!!

Little details ....

are what make the painting fun to look at over and over!

Can anyone....

ever have too many snowpeople around????

Before the darks.....

the images lack the pop to make them POP!!!

FINISHED!

Ready for the Craft Show and a new home!!!

Morning Glow

This ivy grows on my porch and the color is spectacular!

Have you every painting with wax?

Neither had I, until today!

Close up

Red Flowers with the damage.

Results!

Mary was watching over my shoulder!

Damaged encaustic painting.

Improper handling caused deep gouges to a favorite piece.

Maple Leaves!

These are the bright yellow maple leaves that scatter themsevles so wonderfully on our black driveway every Autumn!

Leaf Lesson - Bold Approach!

Jim successfully tires composition of three leaves!

Leaf Lession - Add some color!

Graphite or colored pencil - leaves are great subjects!

Autumn Moon

Original Watercolor by Teri

Leaf Lesson - just getting started!

Drawing with great detail and value takes time ... so we will see the results next week!

Leaf Lession - Negative and Postive!

I like all the different looks from my students.

Leaf Lesson - Thinking outside the box ...

or in this case, without the design box ... no pressure ... do it your own way!!!!

Gears -

no one has guessed what the Inspiration for this is ....

Poppies Step #2

Poppies

Final

Poppies

30 x 30 approach to a favorite subject!

Poppies Day #3

I decided to drag the white down into the lower part of the painting.

Jill and I in front of the 6 panel abstract.

Join us on Sept 4th or view the art during the month of September.

Can you guess?

What do you think the inpsiration was for this painting?

Gears #2

Gears Day #3

I cleaned up some of the edges and worked out the design in the center. Still a bit more to do on this one, too.

Gears Day #3

Added simplified shapes in the center area.

Beginnings #1

Day one of a creative buzz!

Step #2

Step #3

Pouring

Early in the day ... still had my doubts...

Pouring

Jumped right into this and I believe I will like it .... need to let it dry and look at it in the AM.

Yuma Skull

This lonely "creature" rests in my family's Yuma AZ backyard!

Yuma Skull #1

After drawing, add a negative wash of muted blues and earth tones.

Yuma Skull #2

Allow paint to dry, add a second muted wash, this time allowing the horns and rocks to appear.

Yuma Skull #3

Continue to dry and build subtle layers of the same muted colors.

Great start to a new week!

Sunflowers and Students on a gray Monday!

We giggled and had fun - each producing our own unique style of a single sunflower.

Layers!

Layers of color tie it all together!

Alex' sunflower.

Lots of YELLOW!

Lynn's sunflower.

Soft touch.

Belle Sinclair Award

Thank you and congratulations to those I am passing it on to.

Tree

Fun Project - crayons, graphite, paper collage and color pencil!

Close up of the finihsed piece.

May still need just a few more ... what do you think?

Earlier photo

I cold have stopped here!

Close up - early in the day.

I could have stopped here....

Tiger Lily - Sign of summer!!!

I think these colorful lilies should bloom around Halloween!

Close up!

I love to show the subtle colors in my work.

Carousel Print

This is a detailed watercolor of our wonderful Dentzel Carousel. (click on image for details)

4 Thumbnails

Four quick plans for In the Garden theme show.

Linda Gray

Be True to Yourself!

Linda Gray

Black White and Red

Not for the Faint of Heart!

Cut it sew it paint it bead it cut it some more and sew it all together!

Close up

Tree Series

Orchid Like Bloom

What a little gem of a flower ... last only a day.

Natural Beauty!

My friend's koi were camera shy - played coy!

Favorite

This is a favorite lily.

Zinnia

Many of my students are working with watercolor pencils to create this multi-petalled flower.

Sunflower Beauty!

This wonderful photo was taken right in my own backyard!!

My backyard!

This is the early morning view of our back yard. Notice the long shadows?

Fish!

These little fish are now swiming around my studio!!

Fish #2

Another cutie!

Loss of Limb ....

This majestic maple gave up a limb.

Sad to see this happen.

How old is this tree?

Spring Tree

This is a warm painting using complemenatry colors yellow and violet for a glow!

Iris Study - 1

This is the first image I posted.

Iris Study - 2

This is the improved image I posted.

Yellow Iris Trio

Thought about naming this the "three amigoes", still needs a few finishing details. Have to get away from it for a while.

Don Andrews

Master watercolor artist looks over his demonstration painting.

Stones

Round, weathered from years in the field or in the water.

Flagstone.

Cut from the quarry, straight lines.

Brick

Man made.

Flowers on a stone wall.

Color pencil drawing.

Close up

Very impressionistic, implied but not detailed,

Clouds

I have a great view of the landscape on my way home in the evening and the clouds can be very dramatic. Who put this water tower in the smack dab center! (OH, Man!)

More Clouds

I am going to create a painting based on this photo. I give you all permission to use this photo for your own image and we will see what we all come up with! I will post and link your images for everyone to see the inspirational work! Have fun!

Poppy #3

This is the early stages of the third Poppy painting.

a little bit more work

more

thought about stopping here.....

tadaaaaa!!!!!!

In the zone!

Here I am, facing the canvas and adding more paint to the canvas, later given away to the lucky ticket holder, Charlie.

Painting to the Music - 2009

This is the original acrylic abstract painting that I created at the Jazz Fest while I listened to the music of the area high school students play under the direction of Tim Miller.